Port Omna | Kane Brewing Company

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In the late 1860s, Michael F. Claffey came to America from the small village of Port Omna in County Galway, Ireland. Four generations later, we brewed this beer to both celebrate our Irish heritage and to honor our family on both sides of the Atlantic. Port Omna is an American Extra Stout, taking characteristics from each sub-style within the stout category. The medium body and smoothness is reminiscent of an oatmeal stout and supports aromas of roasted malts, rich coffee, and hints of cocoa. Flavors of bittersweet chocolate and the medium malt character of an American stout add a layer of sweetness, while it’s relatively high 6.6% ABV and assertive roast flavors are familiar characteristics of foreign extra stouts. Port Omna wraps our favorite stout flavors into one very special, very limited-release beer.

I had this on draught in a pub. It was served in a pint glass at a temperature colder than I would serve it at home. It pours a dark walnut, nearly black with a thin, mocha-colored head and lacing that dissipated quickly. It's aromatic with abundant coffee, dark chocolate, and roasted malt. The taste is a delightful blend of freshly roasted and burnt coffee, along with dark chocolate, roasted malt, nuts, and a hint of sweet caramel. It's rather thin in body with mild but pleasant carbonation and with a moderate 6.6% ABV it is highly drinkable. While it lacks the stunning taste, viscosity, and potency of some of Kane's other dark beers, it offers a terrific combination of taste and drinkability.

Color is as black as night and opaque with a small dark tan head. Strong coffee, chocolate and roasted malt on the nose. No hops or yeast in the aroma or flavor. This stout is all about the malt! More of the same coffee and chocolate in the flavor with a light sweetness. Medium-full bodied and bold, yet actually quite smooth and clean in the finish. Very nice stout from a brewery that seems to do no wrong.

One of the few dark beers from Kane that didn't blow me away. Its fairly tasty but on the thin side and not nearly as flavorful as Kane's other dark offerings. Maybe my expectation was too high based on ANTEAD, Sunday Brunch and Morning Bell.